A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George - ISBN: 9781444738261
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A headless corpse, a cryptic confession: Unraveling secrets in Yorkshire.

A Great Deliverance

The First Page-Turning Mystery Featuring Thomas Lynley, now appearing on BBC1 and iPlayer

$24.60

  • Paperback

    336 pages

  • Release Date

    8 May 2012

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Summary

Fat, unlovely Roberta Teys is found beside her father’s headless corpse, wearing her best dress and with an axe in her lap. Her first words are: ‘I did it. And I am not sorry’ and she refuses to say more.

Inspector Thomas Lynley and DS Barbara Havers are sent by Scotland Yard to solve this particularly gruesome murder. And as they navigate their way around a dark labyrinth of secret scandals and appalling crimes, they uncover a series of shocking revelations that shatter the fa ade of…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781444738261
ISBN-10:1444738267
Author:Elizabeth George
Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint:Hodder Paperback
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:336
Release Date:8 May 2012
Weight:270g
Dimensions:198mm x 130mm x 24mm
Series:Inspector Lynley
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Critics Review

(TV series) ‘suspense aplenty … in this above-average whodunit.’ - Weekend Mail Excellent … An exciting debut - The Times A dauntingly clever chiller - Sunday Times

(TV series) ‘suspense aplenty … in this above-average whodunit.’ - Weekend Mail

Excellent … An exciting debut - The Times

A dauntingly clever chiller - Sunday Times

About The Author

Elizabeth George

Elizabeth George is the author of highly acclaimed novels of psychological suspense. She won the Anthony and Agatha Best First Novel awards in America and received the Grand Prix de Litt rature Polici re in France. In 1990 she was awarded the prestigious German prize for international mystery fiction, the MIMI. Her novels have now been adapted for television by the BBC. An Edgar and Macavity Nominee as well as a New York Times and international bestselling author, Elizabeth George lives on Whidbey Island in the state of Washington.

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